This Project Grant award of $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will enable Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc. to expand and enhance its integrated mental health and substance use disorder services, including the provision of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) treatment. The funding will allow Georgia Highlands Medical Services to establish a...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) Federal Grant Program, awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to The Community Clinic, Inc. (CCI Health Services) to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services for LGBTQ+ individuals and those with SUDs in Silver Spring, Maryland. The grant aims to address critical gaps in behavioral health services by hiring specialized mental health counselors, enhancing telehealth offerings,...
The federal Project Grant award, "GROWTH: GENERATING RECOVERY-ORIENTED WELL-BEING TREATMENTS FOR HEALTH EQUITY", was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services under the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Expansion Grants program (CFDA 93.696). The $3,177,688.00 award to Places For People, Incorporated, a non-profit organization in St. Louis, Missouri, will support the delivery of...
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), awarded a $600,000 project grant to La Clinica Del Pueblo, Inc., a 501(c)(3) Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Washington, D.C. The grant funding will be used to expand La Clinica's mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services for low-income, immigrant, and limited English proficient Latinx individuals in the...
This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) provides $1,200,000 to the County of Missoula, Montana to expand mental health, substance use disorder, and Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) services. The project aims to increase access to these critical behavioral health services for underserved populations, including people experiencing homelessness, low-income and food insecure individuals,...
This federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program provides $1,200,000 to Family Health Centers of San Diego, Inc. (FHCSD) to increase the number of patients receiving mental health (MH), substance use disorder (SUD), and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services by 2025. The funds will be used to enhance FHCSD's staff capabilities through recruitment and additional training, as well as...
This $550,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will allow Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC) to expand mental health and substance use disorder services in San Francisco, California. The funding will support the addition of 3.5 full-time licensed clinical social workers, a substance use disorder counselor, and a case manager. These new staff will provide individual and group therapy,...
This $600,000 two-year Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program will allow Mainline Health Systems, Inc. (MHSI), a non-profit healthcare organization in Arkansas, to expand mental health services and add substance use disorder services, including medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). By the end of 2025, MHSI plans to serve 2,000 mental health patients, 500 substance use disorder patients, and 100...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,200,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program aims to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in underserved rural communities in Northeast Arkansas. The primary objectives are to increase access to mental health services, integrate SUD treatment including medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD)...
This $1,599,634 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program will promote wellness and improve outcomes for low-income children from birth to 8 years in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles. The key products and services to be delivered include: Providing infant and early childhood mental health promotion, screening,...
GREATER SUBURBAN MARYLAND OMHC RECOVERY AND GROWTH - FAMILY SERVICE INC., AN AFFILIATE OF SHEPPARD PRATT, IS REQUESTING FUNDS TO SUPPORT AND RESTORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTIES, MARYLAND. THESE SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED TO ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES (SED), AND THOSE WITH CO-OCCURRING DISORDER (COD) ACROSS THE LIFECYCLE, THE MAJORITY OF OF WHOM WILL BE HISPANIC OR BLACK AND LIVING IN POVERTY. THIS PROJECT, THE GREATER SUBURBAN MARYLAND OMHC RECOVERY AND GROWTH, WILL SERVE 1,800 INDIVIDUALS IN YEAR ONE AND 2,300 IN YEAR TWO, FOR A TOTAL OF 4,100 PEOPLE. WE WILL RESTORE OUR SAME DAY ACCESS SERVICES, EXPAND TELEHEALTH SERVICES TO INCLUDE ON-SITE ACCESS TO FSI EQUIPMENT AND ZOOM FOR CLIENTS, RESTORE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AND ULTIMATELY SHIFT SERVICES FROM TELEHEALTH TO IN-PERSON WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO AND DEPENDENT ON CLIENT NEEDS AND WISHES. TO DO SO, FSI WILL MAKE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE OFFICE SPACES. FSI STAFF WILL USE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES AND ASSESSMENTS TO REACH IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR CLIENTS AS MEASURED BY NOMS, EVOLVE (ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD), AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, VIA ACCOUNTABLE HEALTH COMMUNITIES HEALTH-RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS. FSI WILL SUPPORT STAFF THROUGH CONTINUING EDUCATION ON TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO MANAGE STRESS RELATED TO CLIENT CARE AND THE PANDEMIC. THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THIS PROJECT ARE, IN SUMMARY, AS FOLLOWS: GOAL 1. TO SUPPORT AND RESTORE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID-19 IN MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTIES TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF SED, SMI OR COD ON PERSONS ACCESSING SERVICES. OBJECTIVE 1.1 INCREASE ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES BY PROVIDING SAME DAY/NEXT DAY INITIAL APPOINTMENTS IN BOTH MOCO AND PG, REACHING AN ADDITIONAL 500 CLIENTS ACROSS THE TWO COUNTIES VIA OUTREACH BY JUNE 30, 2022 AND AN ADDITIONAL 500 CLIENTS BY JUNE 30, 2023. OBJECTIVE 1.2 100% OF CLIENTS WILL BE SCREENED FOR SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THOSE WITH A NEED WILL BE REFERRED FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. GOAL 2. RESTORE AND IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH EXPANDED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITIES MODIFICATIONS TO SUPPORT SAFE, ENHANCED, TRAUMA-INFORMED, AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICES. OBJECTIVE 2.1 PROMOTE STAFF CAPACITY TO SERVE ADDITIONAL CLIENTS AND ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND BEHAVIORAL DISPARITIES VIA HIRING 21 NEW STAFF BY JANUARY 30, 2021, AND PROVIDING 10 HOURS OF TRAINING TO 95% OF STAFF BY JUNE 30, 2021. OBJECTIVE 2.2 BY JUNE 20, 2022, 60% OF CLIENTS PREVIOUSLY RECEIVING TELEPHONIC SERVICES ONLY ARE USING TELEHEALTH ROOMS ONCE PER QUARTER AND BY JUNE 30, 2023, 100% ARE OFFERED IN-PERSON OR TELEHEALTH SERVICES FOR ALL APPOINTMENTS.